Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Remarks (Distinguishing characters)

The distinguishing characters of this species are the flattened, pitted tip of the bill, in connection with the very long tarsi. Range.-Eastern North America, breeding within the Arctic Circle, and wintering as far south as South America.

Washington, casual, one record. Long Island, not uncommon T. V., May; July to Oct. 10.

Eggs, three to four, pale grayish buff, or grayish buffy white, boldly spotted with rich vandyke-brown and purplish gray, 1.42 × 1.00 (Ridgw.).

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